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• Professor Carlo Panara appointed Head of Leicester Law School

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/carlo-panara

  University of Leicester has announced that Professor Carlo Panara has been appointed as Head of Leicester Law School. Professor Panara comes to Leicester after four years and a half as Director of the School of Law at Liverpool John Moores University.

• Indonesian peat fire carbon emissions vary considerably based on fire type study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/indonesian-peat-fire-carbon-emissions-vary-considerably-based-on-fire-type-study-shows

  Carbon emissions caused by burning tropical peatlands in Indonesia vary considerably depending on if the fires are initial or recurrent, according to new research co-authored by Professor Susan Page and Dr Kevin Tansey from the Department of Geography.

• More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/more-than-1-600-extra-trauma-victims-alive-today-says-major-new-study

  More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new study More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new study 1475|A researcher from our Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Leicester's Hospitals is co-author of a report showing that...

• 10x Future Technologies Virgin Money and ULSB Inspiring Women into Fintech

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/10x-future-technologies-virgin-money-and-ulsb-inspiring-women-into-fintech

  Twenty-five Leicester students travelled to London to attend the ‘Inspiring Women into Fintech’ event in the unique setting of 10x Future Technologies and Virgin Money offices near Victoria Station.

• Expert opinions cover trust within cultures colour the Anthropocene and more

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-zimbabwe-trust-within-cultures-and-more

  Professor Jo Brewis from our School of Business has explored the ways in which the gig economy is providing an insidious new means for women to be exposed to sexual harassment.

• University of Leicester receives VIP visit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-of-leicester-receives-vip-visit

  Our University has today welcomed a VIP from the United States of America. It is a common misconception that ‘VIP’ always stands for Very Important Person. Actually, sometimes it stands for Very Important Per.

• Academic presents research on silence in Japans second language classrooms

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-presents-research-on-silence-in-japan2019s-second-language-classrooms

  Dr Jim King from the School of Arts has recently presented research in London to an audience of Japan experts and educationalists into why Japanese students are often reluctant to speak in a second language in classes in Japan.

• €1.5 million award to study birth of planets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/erc-starter-grant

  Leicester astrophysics research which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the formation of planets has been awarded a major funding boost by the European Research Council (ERC).

• Professor Natalie Armstrong appointed to UK National Screening Committee Adult Reference Group

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/professor-natalie-armstrong-appointed-to-uk-national-screening-committee-adult-reference-group

  Professor Natalie Armstrong (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences and Social Science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement Research (SAPPHIRE) group has been appointed to the UK National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC) newly formed Adult Reference Group...

• New archaeological excavations to start at Bradgate Park

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/new-archaeological-excavations-to-start-at-bradgate-park

  Leicester archaeologists will be returning to Bradgate Park from the end of May until the beginning of July with their fourth season of excavations.